Job 1:20-22
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20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell on the ground and worshiped.(A) 21 He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”(B)
22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.(C)
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Job 1:20-22
International Standard Version
Job Blesses God Despite the Catastrophe
20 Then Job stood up, tore his robe, shaved his head, fell to the ground, bowed very low, 21 and exclaimed:
“I left my mother’s womb naked,
and I will return to God naked.
The Lord has given,
and the Lord has taken.
May the name of the Lord be blessed.”
22 Job neither sinned nor charged God with wrongdoing in all of this.
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